Ramesh Kumar & Sons

Ramesh Kumar & Sons is found deep in the lanes of Khari Baoli at 6135/b in Kuncha shiv mandir gali batasha. If that sounds like a mouthful, you should try finding the place on a busy afternoon. The alley is so narrow that you have to step into a doorway just to let a handcart pass by. Our shop is small and packed with bags of goods from floor to ceiling. The air always smells like a mix of different spices and old wood. My father started this business a long time ago, and we’ve kept it going at 6135/b ever since. We don’t have fancy displays or air conditioning. We mostly sit on the floor on a white sheet and wait for customers to come in and talk to us. It’s the way things have always been done in this part of town. We keep our accounts in red diaries and use a simple calculator for the math. Ramesh Kumar & Sons is a name that people in the market know well. We don't spend money on advertising because the word travels fast in these narrow streets. Sometimes the heat in the gali is almost too much to handle, but we just drink some cold water and keep going. It’s a busy, crowded, and loud life, but it’s what we know. We are just a family trying to run a shop in a very old and crowded market. We don't change much here.